diff --git a/synthtool/gcp/common.py b/synthtool/gcp/common.py
index 6ad782253..0c5fec724 100644
--- a/synthtool/gcp/common.py
+++ b/synthtool/gcp/common.py
@@ -25,8 +25,11 @@ class CommonTemplates:
     def __init__(self):
         self._templates = templates.Templates(_TEMPLATES_DIR)
 
-    def py_library(self) -> Path:
-        raise NotImplementedError()
+    def py_library(self, **kwargs) -> Path:
+        t = templates.TemplateGroup(_TEMPLATES_DIR / "python_library")
+        result = t.render(**kwargs)
+        _tracked_paths.add(result)
+        return result
 
     def node_library(self, **kwargs) -> Path:
         kwargs["metadata"] = node.read_metadata()
diff --git a/synthtool/gcp/templates/python_library/.flake8 b/synthtool/gcp/templates/python_library/.flake8
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1f44a90f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/synthtool/gcp/templates/python_library/.flake8
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[flake8]
+exclude =
+  # Exclude generated code.
+  **/proto/**
+  **/gapic/**
+  *_pb2.py
+
+  # Standard linting exemptions.
+  __pycache__,
+  .git,
+  *.pyc,
+  conf.py
diff --git a/synthtool/gcp/templates/python_library/MANIFEST.in b/synthtool/gcp/templates/python_library/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9cbf175af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/synthtool/gcp/templates/python_library/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+include README.rst LICENSE
+recursive-include google *.json *.proto
+recursive-include tests *
+global-exclude *.py[co]
+global-exclude __pycache__
diff --git a/synthtool/gcp/templates/python_library/setup.cfg b/synthtool/gcp/templates/python_library/setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2a9acf13d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/synthtool/gcp/templates/python_library/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[bdist_wheel]
+universal = 1